What sitcom had a lot of child actors that were regulars go on to success as actors . Actors had to be minors to count, not playing minors

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So Happy Days does not count except for Joanie & Chachi.
Andy Griffith Show does count and it is 1 for 1 on success.

Family Ties, only Mallory would count, Michael J. Fox was 21 when Family Ties started.

On Partridge Family; David Cassidy was 20, Susan Dey was 18 so neither count.

The 70s Show only Milas Kunis was under 18, so they’re 1 for 1.

If Freaks and Geeks counts as a sitcom, it probably wins. The 3 younger kids were under 18 and all successful and still working as actors. John Francis Daley,
Samm Levine & Martin Starr. The older kids have done great overall, but don’t count, even Seth Rogan was 19.

So what sitcom child actors where successful as non-child actors as a high percentage.

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Full House?

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Show your work please? Any success? Were they actually under 18?

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Captain Video and his Video Rangers. Not a sitcom, but Don Hastings was 14 when it started and then was on TV soap operas (notably As the World Turns) as a regular for over 50 years.

Neil Patrick Harris was 16 when Doogie Howser started on the air.

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Second word of the title, please keep this to sitcoms.

NPH is a good example, were their other kids on the show? I feel like he had a neighborhood friend.

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NM

I read the OP wrong and gave a wrong answer.

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Neal Patrick Harris was 16 when Doogie Howser began.

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Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. Definitely unfer 18.

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Patty Duke was 16 when the Patty Duke Show began. Arguably, she was already a successful actor and did not have to ‘go on to success’.

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That works though.

I think Sally Field was 16 or so for Gidget, so she would be an strong addition. I’m seeing 17, so just barely qualifies.

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Sara Gilbert started on Roseanne at something like age 13 or 14. Lecy Goranson was only a little older.

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I think Sara counts and Lecy doesn’t. She has really only played the one character.

Did either of them work as adults? I feel like both did very little to nothing and are happy being very wealthy.

I think the middle child on the show went on to star in a Detective Show. If I’m right, she would count.

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Not much in the way of entertainment, but you realize they built a $1B fashion brand that they started before they turned 18?

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Mackenzie Phillips, who had appeared in American Graffiti a few years earlier, was sixteen when One Day at a Time made its debut in 1975. Valerie Bertinelli, who was born in 1960, had only one screen credit (an appearance on Apple’s Way) before being cast as Barbara Cooper.

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Indeed, I do.

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You didn’t didn’t specify ‘success as an actor’ though. However it is something of a borderline case I think as their financial success outside of acting started when the show was still on.

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Cripes, I thought I covered that. I’ll append the title.

I tried to cover the specifics, and missed that part, thank you for the correction.

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Maybe The Cosby Show?

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A pretty good example, even if the title actor is now radioactive.

Lisa Bonet, Malcolm Jamal-Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam, and Raven-Symone were all minors when they first appeared on the show (Bonet, the oldest, was 16 when the show premiered), and all have had reasonably successful careers as adult actors.

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The Wonder Years(?):

Fred Savage - still acting
Danica McKellar - several dozen Hallmark Xmas movies
Jason Hervey - still acting
Probably others, it’s been awhile since I’ve seen it